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Patented May 2, |899.

E. M. PUMPHREY.

GRAIN SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR FEED BUXES.

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lll l' l l ll UNrrnn STATES EDWARD IWI. PUMPIIREY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- TI-IIRD TO THEODORE F. SMITI-IER, OF SAME PLACE.'

GRAIN-SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR FEED-BOXES.

SPECIZFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,087, dated May 2, 1899.

Application filed October 21,1898. Serial No. 694,180. (No model.) n

To all whom zt may concern: sheet metal, which is riveted to the partition- Beitknown thatI, EDWARD IVLPUMPHREY, plate B. It tapers at the ends from top to a citizen of the United States, residing at Inbottom, and the side also tapers from top to dianapolis, in the county of Marion and State bottom toward the plate B. The outlet from 5 5 5 of Indiana, have invented certain new and the hopper is through the partition-plate B, usefulImprovements in Grain-Saving Attachabout one-half inch above the bottom of the ments for Feed-Boxes, of which the following feed-box, through the slot D, which is apis a specication. proximately a half-inch wide and two inches This invention relates to improvements in long and extends transversely of the plate im- 6o Io feed-boxes; andthe object of the invention is mediately above the junction therewith of to hold back the supply of oats, shelled corn, the bottom of the hopper. The hopper reaches or the like and deliver it in small but regufrom the partition to the nearest end of the lar quantities automatically to the feeding feed-box and from side to side of the latter animal for the double purpose of preventing and provides a tapering bottom to the com- 65 15 waste of feed by the latter and to compel the partment thus divided off from the body of animal to eat slowly and more thoroughly the'feed-box by the partition. This compartmasticate his food than he habitually does ment is large enough to contain the quantity when allowed unrestricted access thereto. of oats or other grain or feed to be fed at one The object also is to improve and simplify time, and the weight of the mass of shifting 7c 2o the mechanism of my feed-box in a manner particles will cause them to run out through which will be fully described, and pointed out the slot D until the discharged quantity is in the claims. sufficient outside to arrest the flow. The ani- I accomplish the objects of the invention mal will eat the feed as it is discharged, and by the' mechanism illustrated in the accomby so doing will remove the outside quantity, 75 z5 panying drawings, in whichand thereby permit additional supplies to be Figure lis a longitudinal vertical section of discharged. This action will be automatic a feed-box furnished with my invention and and continuous until the entire contents of showing a horse in the act of eating out of the hopper has been drawn out. The quansaid box; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the tity of discharge will be regulated by the size 8o 3o dotted line 2 2 of Fig. l looking'in the direcof the opening D.

tion of the arrows; Fig. 3, a rear side view of In feeding the oats or other feed soon bethe metal partition and its attached hopper; comes wet from the saliva from the animals Fig. 4, a vertical section on the dotted line mouth, which causes the particles to adhere 4E 4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the and form into a mass, which chokes the out- 85 3 5 arrows; and Fig. 5, a plan view of a feed-box let so as to interfere with the discharge, and

with my improvement, the view showing the for that reason I elevate the discharge-openlid broken away in part to show the undering a distance above the bottom of the feedlying parts. box sufficient to provide room below the out- Like letters refer to like parts throughout let for the wet particles. 9o 4o the several views of thedrawings. The receptacle for feed is closed by a lid. E,

A represents a four-sided feed-box of usual which is hinged to the upper edge of the parconstruction having a closed bottom, but no tition-plate B. A top. Sometimes the feed will stick to the walls B is a partition, preferably of sheet metal, of the'hopper instead of discharging freely, 95 45 such as galvanized iron or tin, with bottom and to overcome this difficulty I fasten a and side edges b turned at right angles to the curved strip or bar F at its middle to the plate body of the plate, through which small nails B just above the discharge-slot. The ends of or tacks b will be driven in order to fasten the strip F rest loosely upon the ends c c of the partition to the bottom and sides of the the hopper and will be movedlaterally by the 100 5o box in the manner as clearly shown in the vibration of the plate B, which is caused 'by drawings. C is a hopper, also preferably of the pressure of the animals nose against it in its efforts to reach the feed through the discharge opening. The elasticity of the plate will cause it to spring back intoits normal plane when pushed out of it by the animals nose, and this vibration of the plate B gives ainovement back and forth tothe ends of the strips F against the hopper. This movement stirs up the feed and causes it to crowd down to the outlet.

Inasmuch as thefeed-box used by me is the same in construction, size, and material is in general use, I will prefer in practice to make the sheet-metal parts such as I have described and sell them separate from the feed-box as an attachment to be applied to the boxes already in use; but I do not desire to restrict myself to such practice of selling the invention as an attachment.

I'Iaving thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and Wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A feed-box havinga compartment separated from the body of the box bya resilient partition, a compartment thus formed having a hoppered bottom, a rcsilientpartition having a slotted opening opposite the bottom of the hopper and an agitator consisting of a curved plate or bar fastened between its ends to the resilient partition substantially as shown.

2. A feed-box havinga compartment separated from the body of the box by a resilient partition, the compartment thus formed having a hoppered bottom, a resilient partition having a slotted opening opposite the bottom of the hopper but said hopper bottom and opening being both above the bottom of the feed-box to provide a drain for the saliva away from the opening, and an agitator consisting of a bent plate or bar fastened between its ends to the resilient partition, substantially as shown.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 7th day of October, A. D. 1898.

EDWARD M. IUMlIIRIll'. [Ih s] lVitnesses:

JOSEPH A. MINTURN, CARL SCHLEGEL. 

